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japan
General
3 min read

Tokyo 2020 Olympics Updates: Spectators May Not Be Allowed

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics was set to take place in July of last year but the pandemic has caused the postponement of this major sports event. This year, however, Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto said that he is 100 percent certain that the Games will be…

Japan Retail
General
3 min read

How to watch the Tokyo Olympics this summer on your smartphone

The rearranged 2020 summer Olympic games are scheduled to begin in Tokyo in July. Postponed 12 months due to the coronavirus epidemic and resulting lockdowns, the opening ceremony will be staged on 23 July, with the closing ceremony bringing the curtain down…

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Living
5 min read

McDonald’s shuts up shop on Olympic support

McDonald’s has ended its longtime Olympic sponsorship dating back to 1976, the International Olympic Committee announced today. The fast food giant has supported the Olympics since the Montreal Games and although the split takes place with immediate effect…

Pyenongchang Olympics
General
4 min read

Winter Olympics: South Korea builds it but will fans come?

Across the road from the pentagonal arena which will host South Korea’s Winter Olympics opening ceremony a year from Thursday, bundles of dead fish dangle from a wooden frame outside Lee Yong-Oon’s shop. Most venues for the 2018 Pyeongchang Games are…

LTE Nokia
Telecom
1 min read

Nokia to deploy first LTE-R network in Korea

Nokia has secured a contract to deploy the world’s first LTE-R (LTE-railway) LTE network in South Korea. The vendor will deploy the network on a railway line between Wonju and Gangneung as part of a line extension to prepare for next year’s Winter Olympics in…

rio2016
Research
2 min read

Companies expect Olympics to strain their networks

The vast majority of companies (85%) plan to more closely monitor the performance of their applications and networks, including Wi-Fi, because of potential strain due to employees accessing Olympic content. A survey conducted by Riverbed Technology revealed…